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3M, banks pressure APRIL over deforestation
Singapore-based pulp and paper company, Asia Pacific Resources International Ltd (APRIL) and its parent group, Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) are under pressure after “Post-It Notes” maker 3M became the latest company to suspend purchases from RGE because of the group’s ongoing destruction of Indonesian rainforests.
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Sime Darby must match New Britain Palm Oil’s Progress
The completed purchase of New Britain Palm Oil Ltd puts buyer Sime Darby Plantations on the spot: will it match NBPOL’s responsible palm oil practices on the ground, in particular by adopting a comprehensive forest conservation policy across its entire supply chain?
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Playing with fire: Why I want to stop the haze
So what does haze feel like in Singapore?
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Steering Group established to oversee the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach for implementing ‘No Deforestation’ commitments
A group of leading plantation companies with commitments to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains, NGOs and technical support organisations met on 25th and 26th August in Singapore to establish a governance and standardisation body for the methodology, known as the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach, to be used to implement these commitments.
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Help Stop The Haze
Forest and peat fires are emerging as a global threat and are driving a public health emergency in Southeast Asia.
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Greenpeace welcomes Golden Agri-Resources progress towards a ‘no deforestation footprint’ for palm oil
Greenpeace Indonesia welcomed the release today of a report from palm oil producer Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) identifying which forests should be protected as an important step forward in the fight against deforestation.
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Asia Pulp and Paper awarded Golden Chainsaw
Greenpeace accuses APP company of being one of the worst rainforest destroyers in Indonesia.